Nyandarua District is an administrative district

Districts of Kenya

The provinces of Kenya are subdivided into number of districts .- List of districts of Kenya :Following a High Court ruling in September 2009, there are 46 legal districts in Kenya :Coast Province:...

 in the Central Province

Central Province (Kenya)

Kenya's Central Province covers an area of 13,191 km² and is located to north of Nairobi and west of Mt. Kenya. The province had 4,383,743 inhabitants according to the 2009 census...

 of Kenya. Its capital town is Ol Kalou

Ol Kalou

Ol Kalou is a town in Kenya. It is the headquarters of Nyandarua District of Central Province. It is located west of Aberdare range and 40 kilometres east of Nakuru. Ol Kalou is connected by road to Gilgil, Nyahururu and Nakuru...

. Formerly the capital was Nyahururu

Nyahururu

Nyahururu is a town in Kenya, lying east of Nakuru. It is part of Laikipia District in Rift Valley Province. Despite this, Nyahururu formerly functioned as the administrative capital of Nyandarua District, one of seven districts that constitute Central Province in Kenya, until the headquarters...

, but it is now part of the Laikipia District. Nyandarua District has population of 479,902 and an area of 3,304 km² http://www.statoids.com/yke.html. The district is located on the northwestern part of the Central Province, west of the Aberdare Range

Aberdare Range

The Aberdare Range is a 160 km long mountain range of upland, north of Kenya's capital Nairobi with an average elevation of . It is located in west central Kenya, northeast of Naivasha and Gilgil and just south of the Equator...

.

The district was split into two in 2007: Nyandarua North District and Nyandarua South District. The information on this page refers to prior 2007.

Nyandarua county council headquarters are located in Nyahururu town, although Nyahururu is neither part of Nyandarua district or Nyandarua County council.

Local authorities (councils)
Authority	Type	Population*	Urban pop.*
Ol Kalou Ol Kalou Ol Kalou is a town in Kenya. It is the headquarters of Nyandarua District of Central Province. It is located west of Aberdare range and 40 kilometres east of Nakuru. Ol Kalou is connected by road to Gilgil, Nyahururu and Nakuru...	Town	47,795	15,186
Nyandarua	County	432,107	21,868
Total	-	479,902	37,054

Administrative divisions
Division	Population*	Urban pop.*	Headquarters
Kipipiri	78,893	208	Kipipiri
Ndaragwa	85,245	3,594	Ndaragwa
North Kinangop	67,356	4,080
Ol Joro Orok	65,229	0	Ol Joro Orok
Ol Kalou	98,806	3,881	Ol Kalou
South Kinangop	84,373	3,099
Total	479,902	14,871	-

The district has four constituencies:

• Kinangop Constituency
  Kinangop Constituency
  Kinangop Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of four constituencies in Nyandarua District. The constituency has five wards, all of which elect councillors for the Nyandarua County Council...
  
  
• Kipipiri Constituency
  Kipipiri Constituency
  Kipipiri Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of four constituencies in Nyandarua District. The constituency has four wards, all of which elect councillors for the Nyandarua County Council. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections.- Members of Parliament :-...
  
  
• Ol Kalou Constituency
  Ol Kalou Constituency
  Ol Kalou Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of four constituencies in Nyandarua District. The constituency was established for the 1997 elections.- Members of Parliament :- Wards :...
  
  
• Ndaragwa Constituency
  Ndaragwa Constituency
  Ndaragwa Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of four constituencies in Nyandarua District. The constituency has four wards, all of which elect councillors for the Nyandarua County Council. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections.- Members of Parliament :-...
  
  

External links

• Nyandarua County